The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-04

Reduction of Taxation is Nee
essary and Must Come.
1T MUST COME THOUGH THE AID
OF REPUBLICANS.


LOUISVILLE, NY, May j.-HOn. John
G.. Carlisle arrived here yesterday from
his home in CovingtOn. He comes tn
attend the State Democratic Convention
of which it is generally understood he
will be Chairman. He is accompanied
by Mrs. Carlisle. The COurier-JOurnai,
this morning, publishes an interesting
interview with him Carlisle spoke
freely and showed no hesitation in com
municating the information desired. To
the question as to whether he would be
a candidase for the United States Senate
to- succeed Mr.. Beck, Carlisle said
:. My relations, or rather my apparent
relations, to the contest for that position
have not been satisfactory to me for some
time, and have intended to make pub
lie statement on the subject, but no proper
occasion has been presented and con-
sequently have said nothing, except to a
few personal friends. Two or three months
ago | said, in substance, that although
not a candidate for office, | would ac-
cept it if elected by the Legislature, and
would serve to the best of my ability.
This was regarded in some quarters
as an announcement of MY candidacy,
while in others it was not so regarded.
1t was certainly not intended by me to-
convey the impression that | was then
or would, under any circumstances be
come candidate, and l am glad of
this opportunity to correct the impress
Il. -
Il have no desire to go to the Senate
and do not want my name considered in
connection with the position. In fact,
do not know that it has been thought
of to any considerable extent in max
ing nominations for the Legislature or
otherwise, but theletters received by me
from various parts of the State indicate
that that there are some who regard me
as one of the aspirants for the place. If
am to remain in public life at all my
seat in the House of Representatives is
entirely satisfactory to me and l can
serve the people there at least as well as
in the senate.
TARIFF REDUCTION.
AS to the prospect for a reduction of
the tariff by the next Congress- Mr.. Car
Isle said
Il can only give you my opinion. so
far as the House is concerned" replied
Mr.. Carlisle. THE Senate, being
a Republican body, no one can
say with accuracy what it is likely to do.
/ believe the next House will unques-
tionably pass a bill to reduce very ma
terially the customs duties. l do not,
however, expect to see the passage of
such a bill as the Revenue Reform DEM
ocrats would like to- have, but 1 think
there Will be substantial reduction.
You see, we have now arrived at a point
in the tariff agitation where reduction
of taxation is absolutely necessary. The
large and growing Treasury surplus
makes it necessary. There is no possible
way to escape it. All the methods pro-
posed in that direction are, for the most
part, absurdities The sentiment for
reduction of the tariff is growing
steadily, especially in the Northwest.
Now. coupling this growing sentiment
with an absolute necessity for the reduc
ton, | think it requires little powers of
political prophecy to assert with conf
dence that a reduction must come"
EFFECT OF THE RANDALL sCHIsM.
The bill reducing the tariff must be
passed with the help of Republican
votes. The detection in our ranks.
Do, .tI
will put it out of the power of the DEM
,crats to pass tariff revision bill I'M
less they are aided by Revenue Reform
ers from the Republican ranks. 1t will
not he difficult to obtain sufficient num-
Der of recruits. in my opinion. The re-
publicans in the West and Northwest
are getting more and more nervous on
the question In the Forty-Eighth Con-
gress all the Republican members, except
one from Minnesota. voted for the Nor
rison bill. The gentleman who failed to
vote for us was not reelected.
AT the last Congress we got all
but one of the Minnesota members.
In the next Congress the Democrats
9nve three members from Minnesota.
something very unusual, you know.
This indicated the growth of revenue re-
form. a Republican Senator of promi-
nence and ability said to me, a short
time ago. that the next Congress must
do something toward reducing the tariff
or there would be an open revolt ON the
part of the people. On the whole the
prospect Is very encouraging for the
friends of revenue reform"
NO REPEAL. OF INTERNAL TAXES.
Il think there will be no repeal of the
internal taxes and there certainly ought
not To- be. yet it might occur i'm the ef-
forts To get through a bill reducing the
tariff that some compromises should be
made. Under the circumstances. with
AN opposition Senate and with a division
of opinion among the Democratic Repre-
sentatives, a compromise that was fair
would be honorable. In such n state of
the case the tobacco tax might be- re-
pealed.
Il see Senator Sherman talks about
reducing the tobacco tax. In nv opin-
ion. if that tax is disturbed at all il
ought to be repealed. 1t is now eight
cents per pound and it would look like
trifling about small things to simply re-
duce it. say one-half or one-third. 1t is
n cherry that if bitten at all may as well
be swallowed entirely. 1t is true that
the tax yields an annual revenue of
nearly thirty millions of dollars. but in
a.E - = similar reduction in that